Mälardalen University College

Mälardalen University College
Mälardalen University
Mälardalens Högskola
Mälardalen College
Established 1977
Type Public
President Ingegerd Palmér
Admin. staff 1145
Students 7,700 (FTE, 2008)[1]
Location Västerås (main campus) and Eskilstuna, Sweden
Campus Urban
Colors Orange and White
Website www.mdh.se

Mälardalen University College (Swedish: Mälardalens högskola), or MdH, is a university college (högskola) located in Västerås and Eskilstuna, Sweden.[2] It has 13,000 students and over 1,000 employees, of which around 40 are professors. Mälardalen University College is the world's first environmentally certified school according to the international standard ISO 14001.

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Organization

Since 1 January 2008, Mälardalen University has been officially organized into four schools:

  • School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
  • School of Education, Culture and Communication
  • School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology
  • School of Innovation, Design and Engineering

Prior to 2008, the university college had nine departments:

  • Biology and Chemical Engineering (IBK)
  • Computer Science and Electronics (IDE)
  • Public Technology (ISt)
  • School of Business (EkI)
  • Humanities (IHu)
  • Innovation, Design and Product Development (IDP)
  • Mathematics and Physics (IMa)
  • Social Sciences (ISB)
  • Caring and Public Health Sciences (IVF)

President

Professor Ingegerd Palmér was appointed President of Mälardalen University by the Swedish Government and took office on 17 October 2005. Palmér has a PhD in Mathematics and has filled various positions at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University and Luleå University of Technology. She served two full terms as President of Luleå University of Technology between 1994–2005, leaving office due to term limits. She is a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

See also

References

  1. ^ Swedish Higher Education Authority (Högskoleverket) - statistics for 2008 (Swedish), page 121
  2. ^ List of higher education institutions, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, accessed 2010-10-26

External links

Coordinates: 59°37′06.76″N 16°32′26.44″E / 59.6185444°N 16.5406778°E / 59.6185444; 16.5406778


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